Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
PROGNOSTICATING
Verb
prognosticating
present participle of prognosticate
Source: Wiktionary
PROGNOSTICATE
Prog*nos"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prognosticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Prognosticating.] Etym: [See Prognostic.]
Definition: To indicate as future; to foretell from signs or symptoms; to prophesy; to foreshow; to predict; as, to prognosticate evil. Burke. I neither will nor can prognosticate To the young gaping heir his father's fate. Dryden.
Syn.
– To foreshow; foretoken; betoken; forebode; presage; predict; prophesy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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